Information literacy
competency focuses on five
broad abilities:
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to
recognize the need for information
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to know
how to access information
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to
understand how to evaluate information
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to know
how to synthesize (assemble, integrate, and unify) information
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to be
able to communicate information
The information
literacy curriculum includes:
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Tool literacy
- The ability to use print and
electronic resources including software.
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Resource literacy
- The ability to understand the form,
format, location and access methods of information resources.
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Social-structural literacy
- Knowledge of how information is socially situated and produced.
It includes understanding the scholarly publishing process.
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Research literacy
- The ability to understand and use information technology tools to carry
our research including discipline-related software.
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Publishing literacy
- The ability to produce a text or multimedia report of the results of
research.
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